scholarly journals The role of oxidative stress markers in pregnancy induced hypertension

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Dragica Draganovic ◽  
Branka Cancarevic-Djajic ◽  
Dragica Jojic

Introduction. This article investigated the role of oxidative stress in the etiology of pregnancy induced hypertension. The aim of this study was to determine the degree of oxidative stress, and the level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance in the blood of pregnant women with and without pregnancy induced hypertension and to correlate these parameters with clinical parameters during pregnancy and delivery. Material and Methods. This prospective study was performed at the University Clinical Centre of the Republic of Srpska. It included 200 pregnant women - 100 with pregnancy induced hypertension, and 100 healthy normotensive pregnant women between 28 to 40 weeks of gestation. Results. Pregnant women with pregnancy induced hypertension had significantly higher median levels of oxidative stress marker: thiobarbituric acid reactive substance of 36.7 ?mol compared to the control group of 13.2 ?mol. Pregnant women with pregnancy induced hypertension presenting with complications had significantly higher thiobarbituric acid reactive substance mean levels of 41.6 ?mol compared with pregnant women without complications. The highest thiobarbituric acid reactive substance level of 43.9 ?mol was found in pregnant women with Hemolysis, Elevated, Liver Ensimes, Low Plateles syndrome. Conclusion. The study showed that thiobarbituric acid reactive substance, as an oxidative stress marker, may be used in clinical practice in the assessment of the severity of complications and as an indicator for timely delivery in women with pregnancy induced hypertension. Further studies and a larger study sample of pregnant women with severe hypertension are necessary to confirm this conclusion.

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-151
Author(s):  
Dragica Draganovic ◽  
Branka Cancarevic-Djajic ◽  
Dragica Jojic ◽  
Vesna Ljubojevic ◽  
Jelena Todorovic

Abstract Introduction: In pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) there is a disorder in placental blood flow which causes intrauterine fetal hypoxia, and oxidative stress has a significant role in this condition. The aims of this research were to analyze the relation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), as a marker of oxidative stress and absent end-diastolic flow (AEDF), as well as the relation of TBARS and cerebroplacental ratio (CPR). Methods: The research included 200 pregnant women in the gestation period from 28th to 40th, 100 were in a control group and 100 were with PIH. The CPR and TBARS were analyzed in all examined pregnant women. The CPR was calculated by dividing the Doppler indices of the middle cerebral artery by the umbilical artery. Results: Mean value of TBARS in the group with the PIH who had AEDF was in the interval of high values - 43.22 μmol/l. The result shows that through the application of Spearman’s coefficient, the correlation results in a statistically significant correlation between CPR and TBARS values: ρ = - 0.249, p = 0.0001. Conclusion: PIH has a very high level of oxidative stress, especially in pregnant women with absent end-diastolic flow in the umbilical artery and pathologic CPR. The Spearman’s test results in statistical significance and negative correlation, which means that in higher TBARS values, values of CPR are lower and vice versa, which indicates a possibility of clinical application of TBARS.


2016 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dragica Draganovic ◽  
Nenad Lucic ◽  
Dragica Jojic

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kurhalyuk ◽  
H. Tkachenko ◽  
K. Pałczyńska

Resistance of erythrocytes from Brown trout (Salmo trutta m. trutta L.) affected by ulcerative dermal necrosis syndrome In the present work we evaluated the effect of ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) syndrome on resistance of erythrocytes to haemolytic agents and lipid peroxidation level in the blood from brown trout (Salmo trutta m. trutta L.). Results showed that lipid peroxidation increased in erythrocytes, as evidenced by high thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) levels. Compared to control group, the resistance of erythrocytes to haemolytic agents was significantly lower in UDN-positive fish. Besides, UDN increased the percent of hemolysated erythrocytes subjected to the hydrochloric acid, urea and hydrogen peroxide. Results showed that UDN led to an oxidative stress in erythrocytes able to induce enhanced lipid peroxidation level, as suggested by TBARS level and decrease of erythrocytes resistance to haemolytic agents.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 2132-2140
Author(s):  
IsraaA.AbdulKareem MBChB,MS.c,FICMS ◽  
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EnasAdnanAAl-Kazaaly MBChB,CABOG,FIBMS ◽  
MohammedI.Hamzah Ph.D ◽  
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...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 09 (03) ◽  
pp. 170-174
Author(s):  
Kausar Aamir ◽  
Fatima Abid ◽  
Arfa Azhar

Objective: To correlate the preventive role of vitamin E levels and platelet count in patients with different grades of pregnancy induced hypertension. The secondary objective was to compare these grades with normal pregnant patients. Study Design and Setting: This study was conducted in Obstetric OPD of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi, from April 2002 through April 2004. Methodology: The study group included 110 patients divided in three groups as Group A: n=40 Normotensive patients, Group B: n=40 Mild hypertensive (test group I), Group C: n=30 Severe hypertensive (test group II). All women were advised not to take any multivitamin supplements. Result: Serum alpha tocopherol (vitamin E) was significantly low in severe and mild cases (0.32±0.00 mg/dl, 0.74±0.03 mg/dl respectively), when compared with normal pregnant women levels (0.78±0.040). The decreased platelet count (246820±1493.51) in mild cases and (135460±387.2) in severe cases was significant (P<0.01) as compared to the normal pregnant women (348000±574.35). The decrease platelet count values for severe cases were again significant (P<0.01) when compared with mild cases of PIH. Conclusion: In patients with risk of preeclampsia adequate antioxidant nutrients may have a role in cessation of free radicalmediated cell disturbances, and thereby protecting against endothelial cell damage, which is the key factor in preeclampsia development


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sefa Ozyazici ◽  
Faruk Karateke ◽  
Umit Turan ◽  
Adnan Kuvvetli ◽  
Huseyin Kilavuz ◽  
...  

Aim. To investigate the role of a novel oxidative stress marker, thiol/disulphide homeostasis, in patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis (AA).Methods. In this study, seventy-one (43 male and 28 female) patients diagnosed with AA and 71 (30 male and 41 female) healthy volunteers were included. Age, gender, body mass index (BMI), haemoglobin (Hb), white blood cell (WBC), c-reactive protein (CRP), and thiol/disulphide homeostasis parameters (native thiol, total thiol, disulphide, disulphide/native thiol, native thiol/total thiol, and disulphide/total thiol ratios) were compared between the groups. Thiol/disulphide homeostasis was determined by a newly developed method by Erel and Neselioglu.Results. The native thiol, total thiol, and the native thiol/total thiol ratio levels were statistically significantly decreased in the AA compared with the control group (p<0.001). Disulphide level and the ratios of disulphide/native thiol and disulphide/total thiol were higher in the AA group than in the control group (p<0.001). There was a negative correlation of CRP with native thiol, total thiol, and native thiol/total thiol ratio while there was a positive correlation of CRP with disulphide/native thiol and disulphide/total thiol in the AA group. In the stepwise regression model, risk factors as disulphide/native thiol (OR = 1.368;p=0.018) and CRP (OR = 1.635;p=0.003) were determined as predictors of perforated appendicitis compared to the nonperforated group.Conclusion. This is the first study examining the thiol/disulphide homeostasis as a diagnostic aid in AA and establishing thiol/disulphide homeostatis balance shifted towards the disulphide formation due to thiol oxidation. Further studies are needed to optimize the use of this novel oxidative stress marker in AA.


2002 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
A C de Oliveira ◽  
V D'Almeida ◽  
D C Hipólide ◽  
J N Nobrega ◽  
S Tufik

Hyperhomocysteinemia has been associated with pathological and stressful conditions and is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Since sleep deprivation is a stressful condition that is associated with disruption of various physiological processes, we investigated whether it would also be associated with increases in plasma homocysteine levels. Further, since hyperhomocysteinemia may promote oxidative stress, and we had previously found evidence of oxidative stress in brain following sleep deprivation, we also searched for evidence of systemic oxidative stress by measuring glutathione and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance levels. Rats were sleep deprived for 96 h using the platform technique. A group was killed after sleep deprivation and another two groups were allowed to undergo sleep recovery for 24 or 48 h. Contrary to expectation, plasma homocysteine was reduced in sleep-deprived rats as compared with the control group and did not revert to normal levels after 24 or 48 h of sleep recovery. A trend was observed towards decreased glutathione and increased thiobarbituric acid reactive substance levels in sleep-deprived rats. It is possible that the observed decreases in homocysteine levels may represent a self-correcting response to depleted glutathione in sleep-deprived animals, which would contribute to the attenuation of the deleterious effects of sleep deprivation.Key words: sleep deprivation, homocysteine, oxidative stress, glutathione, rats.


2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 377-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Novakov-Mikic ◽  
Snezana Brkic ◽  
Daniela Maric ◽  
Bojan Sekulic ◽  
Aleksandar Cetkovic ◽  
...  

Pre-eclampsia is characterized by increased lipid peroxidation and diminished antioxidant capacity. The aim of the study was to establish concentration of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as a marker of lipid peroxidation in normal pregnancies and in pregnancies complicated with pre-eclampsia, and to estimate the possibility of using thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as a screening method for development of pre-eclampsia. The study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Clinical Centre of Vojvodina. The study included 57 singleton pregnancies, gestation >24 weeks, of which 29 were healthy pregnancies and 28 were with pre-eclampsia, defined as systolic arterial pressure of >90 mmHg, diastolic of >145 mmHg, and 24h proteinuria of >300mg. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances concentrations evaluated by malondialdehyde equivalent standards (OxiSelect? TBARS Assay Kit (malondialdehyde Quantitation), Cell Biolabs? OxiSelect?) showed that oxidative stress was more evident in the group with pre-eclampsia, though not statistically significant (p= 0.107). There was no correlation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance levels with gestation in either group. The differences between the level of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance concentrations in pre-eclampsia and healthy pregnancies indicate the possibility of using thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as a screening tool for the development of pre-eclampsia. Further studies with larger numbers of patients are needed in order to come to final conclusions.


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